EMBRYO TRANSFER

WHAT IS EMBRYO TRANSFER (ET)?

We can breed your embryo donor mare (the posh mare) and 8 days later we flush the early embryo from her uterus and transfer it by non-surgical embryo transfer (ET) into the healthy uterus of a recipient (surrogate) mare.

FROZEN EMBRYOS FOR SALE

We recommend that frozen embryos are sold on the following basis

A non-refundable deposit is payable to the embryo donor owner

Embryo storage fees are payable to the storage facility

Embryo transfer fees are payable to the ET facility

The balance of the embryo “service” fee is payable upon a 45 day pregnancy to the embryo donor owner

Embryo recipient mare fees are payable upon a 45 day pregnancy to the ET facility OR// or the embryo owner provides their own recipient mare

ADVANTAGES OF ET:

Breed your mare while she competes

Walk in ET service available (AI your mare at home)

Shipped embryo service available

Produce more than one foal per year

Use different stallions in the same season

Transfer the embryo from an old uterus to a young uterus

Freeze embryos when it suits you and transfer them later

Freezing embryos can reduce recipient mare management costs

Freeze spare embryos

Buy a frozen embryo

Provide your own recipients or use EquiBreed recipients

DISADVANTAGES OF ET:

It is expensive

The procedure and management requires great expertise

Competition mares are prone to overheating so avoid Dec-Jan

WHAT RESULTS CAN WE EXPECT FROM ET?

Embryo recovery rate depends on the fertility of the mare and stallion

More than 80% embryos survive after transfer

Our embryo packages allow up to 3 cycles per pregnancy

Frozen embryos produce > 60% pregnancy rate after transfer

The following embryos are currently in storage and available for sale – contact us for details:

Golden Strike (Riding Pony) x Bandera Orchid (Haflinger)

Mr Feelgood (Standardbred) x Desire to Fly (Standardbred)

Arezzo VDL (KWPN) x Backcountry (Thoroughbred)

Orame VDL (KWPN) x Backcountry (Thoroughbred)

Arezzo VDL (KWPN) x Nichiyobi (Thoroughbred)

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Testimonials

Mount View Sport Horses have had a long and successful working relationship with Equibreed.
We have been working with Lee for fifteen years, Lee's dedication to getting our mares in foal is
outstanding, and we know she does her utmost to get the best result for us every season!
The staff at Equibreed are always friendly and helpful and we know our mares are in good hands.
For top results with breeding your mares, you can trust Equibreed to deliver!

- Wendy Keddell (MVNZ)

Equibreed NZ is one of the best equine reproduction centres in the world. West Kington Stallion Centre
is very proud to be an associate and client.

- Tessa Clarke (West Kington Stud UK)

Before Dr Morris arrived in New Zealand the rate of success using frozen semen had been about 36%.
That first year we took nine mares to her, with a success rate of 100%. The next year we had 94% and
the following year 96% success.

- Bruce Holden (Ngahiwi Horses)

I have been using Lee Morris and the team at Equibreed for about 15 years now. In that time I have
utilized Equibreed for collecting and freezing semen from all my stallions, fresh and frozen inseminations
and embryo transfers. Lee and her team are very professional and very good at their job. There is nobody I
trust more to gain successful pregnancies than Equibreed NZ

- Jody Hartstone (Studmaster)

Blog

Woohoo! Our first ICSI pregnancy in New Zealand - scanned in foal today! This is very exciting for NZ breeders and a great story. This incredible fertility treatment allows us to pick up one sperm and inject an egg to make a baby foal. We then froze the embryo until we had a perfect surrogate mare ready (well done Pinkie!) and today we have a 15 day pregnancy...can't wait for the next chapter! Thanks to the mare, the mare's owner, the EquiBreed NZ team and my family for making this dream possible on so many fronts!